Where does “wōlijan” come from?

wōlijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-West Germanic wōl, from Proto-Germanic wōlaz, from Proto-Germanic wōliz, from Proto-Germanic wal(j)aną, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

wōlijan (Proto-West Germanic): to toss, to turn; to ruin, to destroy

Definitions

  1. to toss, to turn; to ruin, to destroy

Ancestry of “wōlijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwōldisaster, ruin
2Proto-Germanicwōlaz—
3Proto-Germanicwōlizdisastrous, ruined
4Proto-Germanicwal(j)anąto divistate, ruin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike

Words derived from “wōlijan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wal(j)aną →Every word from Proto-Germanic wōliz →